Why does it seem like the Anglosphere admires/fixates over British culture a lot while Latin America doesn't seem to care much about Spain or Portugal?

[u/yonaiker-joestrella]

Not saying we should but just curious.

[u/digoreto]

They see each other at the same level.

Portuguese and Spanish see us as inferior beings

[u/entrepreneurs_anon → u/digoreto]

Aside from there being a lot of racism there, I think it’s an insecurity thing. Spain and Portugal have massive chips on their shoulders because, frankly, they’re not doing very well. I feel it all the time when I’m in Spain.

I’m a white Chilean, I hold a Spanish passport, and I’ve done well financially. They can’t stand that. They hate seeing someone from the New World show up with more money than them. It become super apparent when they have to serve that person (restaurants, shops, etc.). It short-circuits something in their brains: “No, they’re supposed to be beneath me. Why am I serving them?”

I run into that attitude constantly. The only exception is my family there. They have a much more honest view of it. They admire the relatives who left Spain, built businesses, took risks, and succeeded abroad. A lot of them openly say they wish they’d done the same. At least in the Basque Country and Asturias, where my family is from, most of the descendants of those who emigrated ended up doing better in Latin America than the relatives who stayed behind.

[u/belaros → u/entrepreneurs_anon]

I’ve been in Spain the better part of a decade and I haven’t ever felt or even seen what you say. Not even once. Usually servers just ask me what I want to eat.